Although Merlin‘s fifth series hasn’t finished filming, showrunner Julian Murphy has revealed that they are already planning a sixth series for the show.

Murphy tells CultBox:

No final decision has been made but there is talk [of series six]. I don’t think [the show’s future] will be resolved immediately… You’ll have to wait and see on that one!

And even if the show ends up finishing after the upcoming series 5, there’s still talk of a movie and an animated spin-off series! Of the latter, Murphy says:

I think in the case of the animated spin-off, its life has to begin when the live action series ends. We believe an animated series would always work, so slowly but surely something will come together.

We’re glad that Julian Murphy is expecting Merlin to stay in our lives for a while yet, in some form or another!